Surveillance photos of the suspect in a robbery of the Webster Bank on Connecticut Ave. in Norwalk, Conn. Friday, August 5, 2016.

Surveillance photos of the suspect in a robbery of the Webster Bank on Connecticut Ave. in Norwalk, Conn. Friday, August 5, 2016.

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Second arrest made in Webster Bank robbery

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NORWALK – Police in New York have arrested the second man sought for the Aug. 5 robbery of the Webster Bank branch at 402 Connecticut Ave.

Rodney Rush was arrested late Friday night in The Bronx by NYPD officers, said Lt. Thomas Mattera, commander of the Norwalk Police Detective Bureau.

Mattera said Norwalk Police obtained a warrant for Rush's arrest on Sept. 22 on charges of first-degree robbery, fourth-degree larceny, and conspiracy to commit those offenses.

Mattera credited detective Daniel Fitzmaurice with tracking down Rush and his suspected partner in the robbery, 45-year-old Kevin Credle, who was arrested in New York City last week and is being held there on a parole violation.

Both men will be jailed at New York's Rikers Island until they can be extradited back to Connecticut, Mattera said.

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Mattera said Rush, 51, is a former Stamford resident who has been staying in The Bronx. Credle lives in The Bronx, he said.

Police were dispatched to the bank at 10:05 a.m. on a report of a robbery.

Witnesses described the robber as a black man in his 50s, wearing glasses, with a medium build, approximately 5 feet, 6 inches tall. The suspect held a cane in his right hand and had a large gap between his teeth, police said at the time.

The robber passed a note to a teller demanding money, police said. He mentioned having a weapon, but none was shown.

Police said the suspect then fled across Connecticut Avenue to the parking lot of a Stop & Shop supermarket and sped away in a black sedan that possibly had New York plates.

Mattera said Rush drove the getaway car.

Upon his return to Connecticut, Rush will be held on $250,000 bond, Mattera said.

Mattera credited information provided by the public in helping to connect Rush to the robbery.